Bob Block
Director
Rentaghost (1976)
Season 1
Rentaghost was a British children's television comedy show, broadcast by the BBC between 6 January 1976 and 6 November 1984. The show's plot centred on the antics of a number of ghosts who worked for a firm called Rentaghost, which rented out the ghosts for various tasks.
Released Jan. 6, 1976
Episode 25 min
2+
Genres: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
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Production Companies: BBC
Network: BBC One
Country: United Kingdom
Languages:
English
S1E1 - New Recruits
Fred Mumford returns to earth from the spirit world to open a business called 'Rentaghost' which offers ghosts and poltergeists on a dialy or weekly rental basis. He is sometimes helped, but more often hindered, by Davenport, a fussy Victorian ghost, and Claypole, a mischevious medieval poltergeist.
Jan. 6, 1976, midnight
S1E2 - Airport
Fred Mumford and his fellow ghosts set out to exercise a ghost which has been terrorising London's Heathrow Airport.
Jan. 13, 1976, midnight
S1E3 - Hospital
Mumford and his colleagues decide to tell their landlord, Mr. Meaker, that they are really ghosts. The shock of this lands Mr. Meaker in the local hospital where the Rentaghost team offer to provide a conjuring act for the centenary celebrations. As ghosts they find it easy to vanish - but Mumford has some difficulty becoming visible again.
Jan. 20, 1976, midnight
S1E4 - Department Store
The Rentaghost team are engaged by a security firm to patrol a large department store and stop shoplifting. Claypole goes through a mischevious phase when his poltergeist powers are at their strongest.
Jan. 27, 1976, midnight
S1E5 - Stately Home
Haunting a stately home proves to be something of a trial of strength for Mumford. His ghostly Uncle Arthur provides him with an assorted bunch of spooks to help the haunting, then calls them out on strike.
Feb. 3, 1976, midnight
Network: BBC One
Episode Runtime: 25 min.
Season Runtime: 1450 min.
Released: Jan. 6, 1976
Last Air Date: Nov. 6, 1984, midnight
Status: Ended
Certification: NR / 2+
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